"Unfriendly, Suspicious, Arrogant...
By Catherine Elsworth and Melissa Whitworth
Last Updated: 12:01am GMT 22/11/2006
The land of the free has become the home of the rude thanks to the 'arrogant' and 'unpredictable' immigration officials who police its borders, according to a survey of travellers.
The nation that once welcomed all with its Statue of Liberty and declaration E Pluribus Unum (out of many, one) is now considered the world's most unfriendly.
Worst country: experts fear that rudeness is turning away the tourists
Visitors are staying away, costing the country billions of dollars in lost revenue, and the situation threatens America's already battered image, according to the group behind the survey.
The Discover America Partnership, a group of travel industry leaders, found that two thirds of the 2,011 foreign visitors ..."
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